Posts Tagged ‘Weld’

Residents Urged to Use Caution When Returning Home, Register for FEMA Assistance
WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to support state and local response efforts to the flooding in Colorado through its National Watch Center in Washington and its Regional Coordination Response Center in Denver, Colo. FEMA urges residents to continue to listen carefully to instructions from their local officials and take recommended protective measures to
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Cliff Riedel Announces Candidacy for Eighth Judicial District Attorney
Cliff Riedel announces his candidacy for the office of District Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District, which encompasses Larimer and Jackson counties. Riedel, a Republican, is a graduate of Colorado State University and Colorado University Law School. He has worked in the District Attorney’s Office since 1980 and is currently serving as the Assistant District Attorney.
“I intend to bring my experience,
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If your car was in good working order, would it make sense to have it fixed anyway? The government is trying to fix something that isn't broken by forcing costly and time-consuming vehicle emission tests on residents of Weld and Larimer county. The program is taking money from Larimer and Weld county families to fund government bureaucracies and a business monopoly.
If House Bill 1082 becomes law the vehicle emission tests required for gasoline vehicles in Weld and Larimer counties will be
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In this fall’s general election, voters will be deciding the winners in contests for a number of federal, state and county government posts as well as judges, constitutional amendments and propositions.
Following is a list of area candidates for office expected to be on the general-election ballots in November.
• U. S. Senate:
Democrat: Michael F. Bennet, Denver (incumbent)
Republican: Ken Buck, Greeley
Libertarian Maclyn “Mac” Stringer, Centennial
Green
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Please accept this letter on behalf of Troy Bredenkamp, Executive Vice President of the Colorado Farm Bureau.
In their recent letter about the Northern Integrated Supply Project, Save The Poudre’s leaders Gary Wockner and Mark Easter don’t use facts, but only distorted opinions to suggest NISP is a hazard to agriculture. They make the false claim that they represent the agriculture community in their opposition to this critical water project. It is unfortunate that Wockner and Easter
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By Mark Easter and Gary Wockner
We are writing in response to BJ Nikkel’s recent editorial in the Recorder Online, wherein she supports the hugely damaging Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP/Glade). Let’s be clear –Agriculture and the Poudre River stand to be the big losers if NISP/Glade is built.
In their ground-breaking report “Farming on the Edge: Sprawling Development Threatens America’s Best Farmland”, the American Farmland Trust identified the
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